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Glance around Switzerland: anti-refugee comments, fake meat, sports deaths and major SBB repairs

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:06:57 +0100

Our round up of stories you might have missed this week include calls for a municipal secretary to be dismissed after social media comments, major SBB repairs, fake meat, sports deaths and more.

Food safety campaign targets young men as barbecue season approaches

Fri, 04 May 2018 14:09:45 +0200

In time for the start of barbecue season in Switzerland health officials are warning young men in particular about the need to respect hygiene rules.

Survey: Swiss scoff triple the recommended amount of meat

Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:50:19 +0100

The Swiss eat too much meat but not enough milk, according to a national survey.

Meat-lover flouts Swiss law with 70kg import

Fri, 03 Oct 2014 11:42:58 +0200

A woman from Basel can expect a steep fine after border guards caught her trying to import 70 kilogrammes of meat – 70 times the legal limit – into Switzerland.

Swiss customers react to 1kg meat import limit

Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:36:00 +0200

Butchers in Italian border towns have seen a 25 to 30 percent reduction in trade after a Swiss law limiting the importation of meat to one kilogramme came into force on July 1st.

Swiss residents scoff more meat in 2013

Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:27:00 +0100

Vegetarianism has yet to make major inroads with the Swiss population who in 2013 ate more meat than in the previous year, apparently brushing off concerns raised by horsemeat scandals, new figures show.

Swiss carnivores are eating less meat: report

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:01:00 +0200

Swiss consumption of meat dropped on a per capita basis by 3.4 percent in 2012 from the previous year, the first decline in three years.

Swiss study: Death risk for sausage eaters

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:36:00 +0100

Anyone who eats more than 40 grams of sausage products a day is asking for trouble, according to a new study by the University of Zurich.

Non-authorized rabbit meat sold in Switzerland

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:12:00 +0100

Rabbit meat that doesn’t come up to high Swiss food standards has been discovered at a supermarket in Lausanne.

Embattled Coop vows meat cheat clampdown

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:14:00 +0100

The head of supermarket giant Coop has admitted customer trust in the brand has diminished after reports revealed that some of its stores repackaged and sold meat that had passed its sell-by date.

Coop caught selling old meat as new

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:24:00 +0200

Former employees of supermarket chain Coop have said that they were occasionally ordered to take old packaged meat off the shelves, repackage it and put it for sale again as fresh meat, even after the expiration date.